[applause]. >> president barack obama: i'm not saying it is guaranteed. i can't even say that it is more le likely than not but it is possible. >> chris: the big news here, the president seemed to be dropping his insistence that israel had to stop the settlement construction first before there were direct talks and faleaned the palestinians and said, look, if you make a final deal the settlements will take care of themselves. how big a movement is that? >> a big movement in terms of reframing the discussion because at the moment everybody is frozen, stalled. they can't come to a decision about the settlements because you know, obviously the palestinians view it as occupied territory and the israelis are moving in and the israelis view it as a matter of their own security and their own rights and if y and if you focus on settlement, we are not going anywhere but if you say we want sovereignty for a palestinian state and get back to the two-state solution discussions, hopefully you can open some minds and, again, return to the table. you know -- >> let me a